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<strong>Movie</strong> <strong>Title</strong> <strong>Brief</strong> <strong>description</strong> <strong>Call</strong> #<br />

[Ugetsu] / Daiei Film Production Two peasants in war-torn 16th-century Japan abandon their<br />

families to seek their fortunes. In attaining his goal, each man<br />

destroys his own life. Japanese with English subtitles.<br />

VHS 1183<br />

[Umberto D.] / directed by Vittorio De Sica <strong>The</strong> story <strong>of</strong> a government pensioner living alone who strives to<br />

retain a sense <strong>of</strong> dignity in his elder years. Italian with English<br />

subtitles.<br />

VHS 2806<br />

[Un chien Andalou] Land without bread Un chien Andalou is a silent film with musical accompaniment;<br />

French intertitles and English subtitles. Land without bread is in<br />

English<br />

VHS 3144<br />

[Un chien Andalou]: land without bread A surrealistic movie written over the course <strong>of</strong> a three day<br />

exchange <strong>of</strong> fantasies and dreams between Luis Buñuel and<br />

Salvador Dali.<br />

VHS 3144<br />

[Un puente al futuro] = a bridge to the future Ecuador; <strong>description</strong> and travel VHS 2118<br />

[Underground] A tragicomedy about love, friendship, betrayal, manipulation<br />

and lies. Deals with the conflicts <strong>of</strong> Yugoslav history <strong>of</strong> the past<br />

fifty years. Serbo-Croatian and some German & French with<br />

English subtitles.<br />

DVD 587<br />

[Upal] = Heat In polish w/English subtitles. Two Polish cabaret performers<br />

wreak havoc in town as they look for a place to perform their<br />

variety act<br />

DVD 1102<br />

[Valahol Europaban] = Somewhere in Europe Hungarian w/English subtitles. "A tale <strong>of</strong> homeless war orphans<br />

in devastated postwar Hungary.<br />

DVD 905<br />

[Veer-Zaara] In Hindi w/English subtitles. Saamiya Siddiqui, a Pakistani<br />

lawyer, struggles to unravel the truth about Veer Pratap Singh<br />

and win him justice<br />

DVD 1077<br />

[Visages de femmes] = faces <strong>of</strong> women / Desire<br />

Ecare - Films de la Lagune : Ivory Coast.<br />

[Viskningar och rop] = Cries and whispers / an<br />

film av Ingmar Bergman a Janus Films<br />

presentation<br />

Politically and stylistically adventurous film exploring the links<br />

between feminism, economics and tradition in modern-day<br />

Africa. French with English subtitles.<br />

Exploration <strong>of</strong> the relationships among four women--three<br />

sisters and their housekeeper. Swedish with english subtitles.<br />

[Volpone] = "Volpone " Moral comedy about a rich 16th-century Venetian ship owner<br />

who pretends to be dying in order to swindle money. French<br />

with English subtitles<br />

[Voulez-vous danser avec moi?] = Do you want<br />

to dance with me?<br />

A marital spat lands Brigitte Bardot, as Virginia, in themiddle <strong>of</strong><br />

a murder investigation in this lighthearted mystery. French with<br />

English subtitles.<br />

VHS 2515<br />

VHS 361<br />

VHS 27<br />

VHS 1365<br />

[Wachsfigurenkabinett] = Waxworks A poet imagines scenarios in a wax museum fairground that<br />

involve Jack the Ripper, Ivan the Terrible, and Haroun al-<br />

Raschid. Silent, with English subtitles.<br />

VHS 2613<br />

[Wend Kuuni[ = Le don de Dieu A mute foundling is raised in an African village by a weaver and<br />

his family. Mossi with English subtitles.<br />

VHS 2529<br />

[Werbespots] This is a collection <strong>of</strong> German commercials VHS 1103<br />

[West Beyrouth] = West Beirut April 13, 1975: first <strong>of</strong>ficial day <strong>of</strong> the Lebanese Civil War.<br />

Christian militiamen massacre the passengers <strong>of</strong> a Palestinian<br />

bus in front <strong>of</strong> Tarek and Omar, two teenagers from West<br />

Beirut. In Arabic/ wi French, English subtltels<br />

VHS 3330<br />

[Why mosquitoes buzz in peoples ears] A tall tale sets <strong>of</strong>f a chain <strong>of</strong> mishaps from Mosquito to all the<br />

other animals, but all is wisely resolved by King Lion in this<br />

West African folktale. Ages 4-9 Mandarin. English bilingual<br />

version.<br />

DVD 1791<br />

[Window shopping] / scenario, Chantal Akerman French dialogue, English subtitles; musical film VHS 2253<br />

[Witness] In Hungarian: An irreverant political satire, tracing the rise and<br />

fall <strong>of</strong> a hopelessly inept civil servant living during Communist<br />

rule in Hungary<br />

[Wo de fu qin mu qin] = <strong>The</strong> road home As a son helps his mother arrange for the burial <strong>of</strong> his father in<br />

the traditional Chinese custom <strong>of</strong> his mother's village, the<br />

beautiful and touching story <strong>of</strong> his parent's courtship unfolds.<br />

Mandarin w/English subtitles<br />

DVD 806<br />

DVD 1721

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